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Heaths.— Namcrons fine srecimens wore shown l)v Messrs. Rhodes, 

 Peed, Jackson, A. Ingram, and others, particuliu-ly of the following— 

 viz., Victoria, Wehhiana, Devoniana. [H-ofusa, Spenc-criana, ventricosa 

 coccinea minor, Hartnelli \-irens, Cavendishii. afbne, dei)ressa, per- 

 spicna nana, nuitabilis, florida, propeudens tubiaora, and Siudryana, 

 remarkably lino, Spenceriana, fasti^iata lute.sccns, vasiflora," and 

 Alberti major, buff. 



Awards — For eight (Nursei-ymen) : first, Mr. Rhodes; second, 

 Messrs. Jackson. For eight (Aniatenrs) : first, Mr. Peed ; second, 

 Mr. .J. Wheeler. For six: first, Mr. A. Inqram : second, Mr. liaile ; 

 thii-d, Mr. G. Wheeler. 



EcSES, as exhibited by Messrs. Lane, of Great Berkhampstead, were 

 magnificent i)3Tamids, standing from ?, to 5 feet in height from the 

 ground, and were covered with blooms individually large and beauti- 

 fully fresh. Such a fine cxhihitiou has not been witnessed for a loug 

 time. The sorts were Paul Pcrraa, splendid ; General .Jatquemiuot, 

 very double ; Louis Peyronuy with about thirty blooms ; Anna do 

 Diesbach, veiy fine ; Seuateur Vaisse ; Charles Lawson, magnificent ; 

 Victor VerJier, Coupe d'Hobc, Souvenir d'un Ami, and Gloire de 

 Dijon. Mr. William Paul also had a beautiful collection, but there 

 were not so many of the brilliant-coloured varieties. It consisted of 

 Juno very beautiful. Beauty of Waltham, Tea Madame Villermoz, 

 President, and Souvenir d'un Ami ; Victor Verdier, Paul Perras very 

 fine, Lajlia, Madame Damaizin, and Anna de Diesbach. Two or 

 three other collections were shown, but nothing to compare with those 

 above m(nti;n3d. 

 ^ Awards — For ten : first, Messrs. Lane ; second, Mr. Wra. Paul. 

 For sis : first and second withheld ; third, Mr. Ten-}-, Yonngsbury ; 

 fourth, Mr. Wiggins. 



Pelargoxiuiis. — Of tJiese there was a fine baui, and owing to the 

 Show being a week later than that at Kensington, the plants were 

 more fully in bloom. For nine Mr. Turner was 'first with fine plants 

 of Beacon, Lilacinum, Candidate, Empress Eugenie, Lady Canning, 

 Desdemona, Celeste, Rose Celestial, and Fairest of the Fair, the last 

 two particularly good ; and Mr. Fraser, of Lea Bridge, second with 

 Peacock, Beadsman, Fair Rosamond, Osiris, very showy. Fairest of 

 the Fair, Empress F.ugcnie, Rose Celestial, Candadate, and Roseum. 

 la the Amateurs' class Mr. Ward, gardener to F. G. WUkins, Esq., 

 Lejton, was first with excellent specimens of Fairest of the Fail-, 

 Spotted Gem, Rose Celestial, The Bride, Lilacinum, Peacock, Sir Colin 

 Campbell, Fair Rosamond, and Nestor. Mr. Wiggins also e.'Jiibited 

 and received a third prize. 



Fancy varieties were also well represented in the collections from 

 Mr. Turner and Mr. Eraser, who were respectively first and second. 

 The former had Evening Star, Lucy, Roi des Pantaisies, Undine, 

 Modestum, and Lady Towers; the latter Cloth of Silver, Maroon, 

 Undine, Arabella Go.ldard, Clara Novello, and Marionette. Mr. Weir, 

 gardener to Mrs. Hodgson, Hampstead, was the only exhibitor in the 

 Amateurs' class, and had a first prize for good examples of Acme, 

 Carminatum, Queen of Roses, Madame Soutag, and two others. 



MiscELL.tNEOus. — Mr. Turner, of Slough, again exhibited a beauti- 

 ful collection of Auriculas, including Alpines, one of which, John 

 Leech, reddi-;h brown, received a first. class certificate. Calceolarias, 

 well grown and in excellent bloom, came from Mr. James and Messrs. 

 Dobson & Sons, of Isleworth ; and Pausies from Messrs. Hooper, 

 James, and Kingston ; and a seedling called Princess Helena, from 

 Mr. Hooper, received a second-class certificate. Messrs. Cutbush, of 

 Highgate, contributed .a number of small neat plants, consisting of 

 A.zaleas, Eriostemons, Heaths, Apbelexis, and Rhododendron Cun- 

 ninghami ; Messrs. Jackson & Sous a basketful of Clerodeudron 

 Thomson,-E B;ili'ourii, a variety with larger flowers than the ordinary 

 form ; and Mr, Dtjnald a fine specimen of L;elia purpiu-ata with a score 

 of blooms. From Mr. W. Paul came a collection of Nosegay Pelar- 

 goniums, also Ijittle Gem, an Oak-leaved variety, with deep rose- 

 coloured flowers; and Messrs. F. i- A. Smith had variegated and 

 Zonale Pelargoniums, among which Magnet seemed a promising 

 broad-petalled bright scarlet variety. A similar collection was ex- 

 hibited by Messrs. E. G. Hendei'son & Son, who also had .^cer palma- 

 tnm atropnrpnreum. a neat bronzy-leaved plant, and their beautiful 

 variegated Dog's-tail Grass. Mr. IJryant, Hounslow, received a first- 

 class certificate for Pansy Colonel Murray, maroon on a yellow gi-ound. 

 Certificates of the same class were awarded to Mr. Bull i'or Sclaginella 

 Mertensii albo-variegata. Primula intermedia, and Rliododendron 

 Bianca ; and second-class certificates for .\bntilon vexillarium, Pepe- 

 romia arifolia, Maranta splendida, and Nidularinm PinelU, all of 

 which have been noticed in previous reports. Mr. Bull also showed 

 new Petunias, Pelargoniums, Machrerium tirmum, and other plants. 

 A brace of a large white-spined Cucumber called Champion of the 

 World was also exhibited by Messrs. A. Henderson & Co. 



HaU, had a first-class certificate for a highly meritorious exliibition of 

 Giant Mignonette in pots, and another for a remarkably well-grown 

 specimen of Tropxolum Papworth Scarlet. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



_W;ee!lly Show, Mm/ 12tJt.—Xt this meeting Jlessrs. Cutbush re- 

 ceived a first prize for the best collection of miscellaneous plants, and 

 io the class for the best-arranged basket of flowers Messrs. Lucldng 

 were first, and Mr. Young, of Highgate, second. Mr. Y'ouug received 

 a, first prize for a collection of vegetables. Messrs. Cutbush also re- 

 ceived prizes for collections of Caladiums, Azaleas, and ten pots of 

 finely flowered Myosotis intermedia. Rev. Geo. Cheere, of Papworth j 



CRYSTAL PALACE SHOW.— M.\y 1-iTir. 



Om this occasion there was a brilliant and varied display, though 

 perhaps not quite so extensive as last year, a cireninstance no doubt 

 attributable to exlnbitors holding back their productions for the great 

 International Exhibition. Following so closely after the Show at the 

 Regent's Park, as might be expected, many of the collections which 

 appeared there were again brought forward, and as these have been 

 already noticed, it will be UHnecessarj to enter into details respectina 

 them. 



Stove and Gueenhodse Plants.— Among these were remarkablj 

 fine flowering specimens of Dracophyllum gracile, various Choroza- 

 mas, Tetratheca encaifolia, Eriostemons, Epaciis, Erica Cavendishu 

 Adenandi-afragrans, Boronia tetrandia, Ixoras, Genethyllis. and Vines' 

 nllia ; in addition to which there were good examples of Aphelexis 

 Diosma speciosa, and Pimeleas. One collection which would other- 

 wise have taken a higher position in the prize list, was placed fourth 

 because it contained a plant of Dentzia gracUis, which, of course, was 

 not admissible. 



Some good mixed collections of fine-foliagcd and flowerin" plants 

 were also shown, and included Alocasia metallica, the Variegated Aloe- 

 leaved Yucca, Croton variegatum, Sphrerogyne latifolia, CyanophvUnm 

 magnificum, the Lemon Grass, which emits a grateful" odour "when 

 bruised; a verj- fine Pandauns elegantissimus from Messrs. Lee, 

 Theophrasta imperialis, the Date Palm, Maranta zebrina, Gleichenia 

 spelunca;, &c. 



Awards— For sixteen: first, Mr. Peed; second, Mr. ,T. Wheeler, 

 gardener to J. PhUpott. Esq., Stamford Hill ; third, Mr. G. Wheeler' 

 gardener to Sir F. H. Goldsmid. Bart., Regent's Park ; fourth, Mr' 

 Kemp, gardener to Eari Percy, Albnry Park. For ten (Nurserymen) : 

 first, Mr. Rhodes ; second, Messrs. Lee ; third, Mrs. Glendinning and 

 Sons ; fourth, Mr. Baxendiue, Guildford. For ten (Amateurs) : first, 

 Mr. Peed; second, Mr. Kaile. gardener to Earl Lovelace, East Horsley 

 Tower. For six : first, Mr. C. Smith, gardener to A. Anderson, Esq.. 

 Norwood. For twelve, Fine.foliaged and flowering plants : first, Messrs. 

 Lee ; second, Mr. Young ; third. Mr. Carr, gardener to P. I^. Hinds, 

 Esq., Byfleet ; foui-th, Mr. Rhodes ; oxtra, Mr. Barnard, gardener to 

 J. AV. Taylor, Esq., Stoke Newington. . , 



Heatus. — Of these several fine collections were shown, and those 

 from Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Peed were especially good. Coccinea minor 

 from the former was noticeable for the profusion of its richly-edSllred 

 blooms ; and Devoniana, mutabUis, perspicua nana, Victoria, prolusa, 

 Spenceriana, florida, vasiflora, and Sindiyana, in these and other 

 collections were excellent. 



Awards— For ten : first, Mr. Rhodes. For eight : first, Mr. Peed 

 second, Mr. J. Wheeler. For six : first, Mr. Rhodes ; second, Mr. 

 C. Smith ; equal third, Mr. J. Wheeler and Mr. Kaile ; equal fourtli. 

 Messrs. F. & A. Smith and Mr. G. Wheeler. ^ 



Azaleas.- In the Nurser\Tnen'3 classes Mr. Turner, of Slongh^ 

 again produced his splendid plants, consisting, with but one or two 

 exceptions, of the same varieties as shown at the Regent's Park, and 

 in equally fine condition. Mr. Penny and Mr. Peed also exhibited 

 some neat pyramidal plants of smaller size ; and there was. besides, a 

 class for twelve plants in 10-inch pots, which drew from Mr. Tuniei- a 

 well.flowered collection, consisting of Flag of Truce, Iveiyana Im- 

 proved, Elegantissima, Gloire de Belgique, and Madame IViiellez, all 

 of them white more or less striped ; Due de Nassau, Kiughorni, and 

 Bernard Andreas, bright rose, the last semi-double ; President, Mars, 

 and Comtesse de Hainault, shades of salmon. Mars being the nearest 

 to scarlet ; and Charles Enkc, rosy salmon, bordered with white. 



Awards— For eight (Nurserymeii) : first, Mr. Turner ; second, with- 

 held ; third, Mr. Rhodes ; fourth. Messrs. Cutbush. For eight (Ama- 

 teurs) : first, Mr. Penny ; second, Mr. Peed ; third, Mr. G. Wheeler. 

 For six (Nurserymen) : first, Mr. Turner ; second withheld ; equal third, 

 Messrs. Cutbush and Messrs. F. & A. Smith. For six (Amateurs): 

 first. Mr. Penny ; second, Mr. J. Wheeler ; third, Mr. C. Smith ; fourth, 

 Mr. Peed. For twelve : first, Mr. Turner ; second, withheld ; equal 

 third, Messrs. F. & A. Smith and Messrs. Cutbush. 



Orchids. — There was a fine bank of these, and the collections of 

 twenty were especially good. Mr. BuUen, gardenerto A. Turner, Esq., 

 Leicester, was first with excellent specimens of Dendrobium nobile, tor- 

 tile roseum, albo-sanguiueum, and eburncum, Odonfoglossum nievinm, 

 O. cordatuin with two fine spikes, Cattleya Acldandia) with four blooms. 

 0. Mossia, Phalicnopsis amabilis and gi-andiflora, Cypripedium Lowii, 

 hirsutissimum, a pan of C. barbatum superbum with nearly three 

 dozen blooms, varieties of Lycaste Skiuneri, Biirliugtonia fragrans, 

 Oncidiums, &c. Mr. Wilson, gardener to W. iHarshall, Esq., Enfield, 

 who was second, had, among others, Dendrobium tortile roseum. form- 

 ing a pretty mass of flowers, having rosy-lilac petals and sepals, and a 

 white liji ; D. chrysotoxum, several Cypripediums, and Pliala?nopsi3 

 Luddemanniana with four beautiful blooms ; and the same PhaliB- 

 nopsis. as well as P. Schilleriana and Dendrobium Jcnkinsi, a very 

 dwarf evergreen species, which is best grown on a block, came from 

 Mr. Robson, garilener to G. Cooper, Esq., Cohurg Road, who was 

 awarded a third prize. The fourtli went to Mr. Page, gardener to 



